I just bought the [highly] bloggable album Bitter Orchestra by the Dirty Projectionists from a very independent record store. Bitter Orchestra is the most hyped record in a long time, probs since Veckatimessedup.
I don't know that Bitter Orca lives up to the buzz. For one, I can't really understand a lot of the lyrics, which I'm sure are tremendously profound since the main bro went to Yale College and probably has an intelligent and enlightened worldview. Am I projecting? Does going to an elite private university, when you probably padded your resume in h.s. with stupid shit that you didn't care about like feeding homeless people or traveling to a thrid world country and taking pictures of poors to post on facebook, make you a better songwriter than say a bro who never went to college?
Regardless, Bitter Orchestra is good but doesn't warrant how hard people have been on it's dick. It's definitely original sounding though, and it sounds sincere and genuine. I don't pick up any irony in the sometimes heavy lyrics. The best lyrics are the simplest ones, such as, "Kiss me with your mouth open," from the song Two Doves. I liked hearing people trying hard and not being self-conscious about it.
Da other thing is this album is pretty low key. I was kinda hoping for a banger in there somewhere.
I don't know that Bitter Orca lives up to the buzz. For one, I can't really understand a lot of the lyrics, which I'm sure are tremendously profound since the main bro went to Yale College and probably has an intelligent and enlightened worldview. Am I projecting? Does going to an elite private university, when you probably padded your resume in h.s. with stupid shit that you didn't care about like feeding homeless people or traveling to a thrid world country and taking pictures of poors to post on facebook, make you a better songwriter than say a bro who never went to college?
Regardless, Bitter Orchestra is good but doesn't warrant how hard people have been on it's dick. It's definitely original sounding though, and it sounds sincere and genuine. I don't pick up any irony in the sometimes heavy lyrics. The best lyrics are the simplest ones, such as, "Kiss me with your mouth open," from the song Two Doves. I liked hearing people trying hard and not being self-conscious about it.
Da other thing is this album is pretty low key. I was kinda hoping for a banger in there somewhere.
I just want to like this band. I just want to like this band and be able to bring them up at parties, and impress kute indie girls. I just want to find meaning through intricately constructed music.
Also, tomorrow (Saturday) is the Philebrity/Popped! Music Festival at the Piazza in Northern Liberties. I am going, and recommend others do as well, if for no other reason than to see TuPhace, a local hip hop artist who is extremely talented and plays an awesome live show. He plays at 2 (according to the schedule.)
"I just want to like this band. I just want to like this band and be able to bring them up at parties, and impress kute indie girls. I just want to find meaning through intricately constructed music."
ReplyDeletei just want... four walls and adobe slats for ma gurls.
*writing this from ma moms' macbook lappy. think my ibook g4 finally gave up. s0 sad. might have to buy my own macbook lappy soon to c0pe. miss the simple days before veckatimest when anco had just released a new album, i had a computer that worked, and everything seemed new and possible. :( h8 growing up.
HAHA SO TRUE IM LAUGHING BUT BENEATH MY LAUGH IS THE PAINFUL RECOGNITION OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS POST-POST-NEO MEANINGFUL WORLD OF POST-VECKY AND WAY POST-MERIWEATHER INTO UNCHARTED MAPSPACE AS WELL AS A PAINFUL TWINGE IN THE LEFT SIDE OF MY CHEST REMEMBERING WHEN THINGS WERE MORE SIMPLER AND UNIFIED, WHEN WE WERE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN OURSELVES LIKE THE IRANBROS. OMG MIGHT WRITE A POST ABOUT THAT NOW. I CAN ONLY VIEW THE SELF DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR YOUR MACBOOK LAPPY DEMONSTRATED AS A POSITIVE FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU WILL NOW NEED A NEW ONE, ONE WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO RUN PROGRAMS LIKE INDESIGN. ONCE SOMETHING DIES YOU CAN'T MAKE IT LIVE AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE RISES FROM ITS ASHES [VIA PHOENIXBROS{BUT NOT THE MUSIC ONES}].
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